Face Off With Sharks

The sea is emotion incarnate. It loves, hates, and weeps. It defies all attempts to capture it with words and rejects all shackles. No matter what you say about it, there is always that which you can't.

CRISTOPHER PAOLINI

And I shall watch the ferry boats, and they'll get high, on a bluer ocean against tomorrow's sky. and i will never grow so old again, and i will walk and talk, in gardens all wet with rain...

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The Co-op supermarket plans to switch all of its own-brand water to 50% recycled plastic bottles in a move it expects will present an “ethical dilemma” to customers. To read more, follow the link below: https://www.theguardian.com/business/2018/mar/31/co-op-switch-own-brand-water-50-per-cent-recycled-plastic-bottles (Photo credit: Co-op/PA)...

McDonald’s has become the latest restaurant chain to say it will phase out plastic straws from its UK restaurants. The fast-food chain said it is “really close” to the point where all its packaging can be recycled, but its straws are still unrecyclable. To read more,......

Major supermarkets express support for government’s plan but key issues, including who would pay for it, remain unclear. The UK retail industry has warned it could cost £1bn to implement the government’s plan to charge deposits on drinks cans and bottles. To read the full article,......

A tax of up to 22p could be added to plastic bottles to prevent the tide of rubbish flowing into the oceans, under plans announced by Michael Gove on Wednesday. To read more, follow the link below: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/2018/03/27/plastic-bottle-tax-22p-return-scheme-protect-oceans-tide-waste/ (Photo credit: Don Ryan/AP)...

The amount of plastic in the ocean is set to triple in a decade unless litter is curbed, a major report has warned. To read more, follow the link below: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-43477233 (Photo credit: SPL)...

Sainsbury’s CEO Mike Coupe makes it clear that it is difficult for retailers to switch from plastics to biodegradable and compostable packaging. He advises that due to every local authority having a different approach to recycling, it’s impossible to solve the plastic problem unless there......

Greater Manchester is aiming to become the first UK city region to ditch single-use plastics. To read more, follow the link below: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-manchester-43488691 (Plastic bottles and other rubbish at Salford Quays, Manchester. Photo credit: Getty Images)...

Researchers find levels of plastic fibres in popular bottled water brands could be twice as high as those found in tap water. To read the full article, follow the link below: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/mar/15/microplastics-found-in-more-than-90-of-bottled-water-study-says (Photo credit: Frederic J. Brown/AFP/Getty Images)...

Plastics particles in bottled water is a real concern !!! But where do they come from? The water? The environment? The water treatment process? or the Packaging? These questions ARE NOT answered by the article. The main plastic is identified as PP but no definitive......

Taxes to address the problem of single use plastics. There is a lot to commend in this initiative which will look at the “whole supply chain” for single-use plastics, and examine ways to deliver renewable alternatives and recycling opportunities. Evidence is being called for the......

A British river has the worst micro-plastic pollution in the world, researchers have found, with levels even greater than hugely built-up areas such as in South Korea and Hong Kong. To read more, follow the link below: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/2018/03/12/british-river-has-worst-recorded-microplastic-pollution-world/ (Photo credit: Professor Jamie Woodward, The University of......

Lidl has vowed to crack down on plastic waste in the UK, announcing that it will remove 5p reusable bags from shops – a move that it says will eliminate 134 tonnes of plastic each year. To read more, follow the link below:......

Shoppers in the Netherlands got the chance to visit Europe’s first plastic-free supermarket aisle on the 7th of March in what campaigners claim is a turning point in the war on plastic pollution. To read more follow the link below: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/feb/28/worlds-first-plastic-free-aisle-opens-in-netherlands-supermarket (Photo credit: Ewout Huibers/PA)...

An independent report by environmental consultancy Eunomia claims the UK “consistently overestimates” how much of the plastic packaging waste it produces actually gets recycled. To read more follow the link below: [UPDATED] UK Overestimates Plastic Recycling By A Third – Eunomia ...

Bob Dylan, Beyonce, Ed Sheeran, Coldplay, Mumford and Sons, Maroon 5, Pharrell Williams and Beck, are among the array of international artists that have contributed to Artists Project Earth’s (APE) “Plastic Oceans Album” launched at the Ocean Plastics Crisis Summit in London on the 20th......

Roger Harrabin reminds us that countries are in violation of international law by emitting ocean plastic pollution according to Oliver Tickell’s report released 20 Feb at the Ocean Plastics Crisis Summit. It is not only bad for the environment but it is illegal and offenders......

The BBC is to ban single-use plastics by 2020, after TV series Blue Planet II highlighted the scale of sea pollution. To read more follow the link below: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-43051153?lipi=urn%3Ali%3Apage%3Ad_flagship3_detail_base%3BzUG5yI%2B%2FTmyJN6JhkQm26g%3D%3D ( Photo credit: Alamy)...

Stuart Lendrum has reminded us all that leadership across the packaging sector is the way to meet the challenges facing the packaging industry at the local, national, European and global level. It is one industry and part of a shared supply chain, be that at......

The Queen has declared war on plastic, banning straws and bottles from the Royal estates. To read more follow the link below: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2018/02/11/queen-declares-war-plastic-david-attenborough-documentary/ (Photo credit: Yui Mok Pa)...

Plastic waste is building up in the supposedly pristine wilderness of the Norwegian Arctic, scientists say. To read more follow the link below: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-42947155 (Photo credit: Geir Wing Gabrielsen) ...

Asda has become the latest supermarket to join the war against plastic by pledging to reduce it “wherever” it can, including slashing the amount in its own-brand packaging by 10% in the next 12 months. To read more follow the link below: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/feb/05/asda-joins-wave-of-supermarkets-pledging-to-cut-plastic-waste (Photo credit:......

Paul Polman has set the agenda to tackle Ocean Plastic as “a shared responsibility – all stakeholders in the value chain must work together in partnership to find effective solutions” His four principles are a strong starting point for coordinated action globally. We are entering......